“Okay.

Call when you want.”

I made a cup of tea, sat near her living room window, and watched the light change on the pavement.

I had spent years responding to every crisis as though it were mine to solve.

For one afternoon, I allowed a problem to exist without immediately offering myself as the solution.

PART 14 — Questions About Liam

The news about Liam’s paternity did not arrive as a thunderclap.